Sale reports / Alabama / Ashville Stockyards / 2019-10-21

Ashville Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ashville, Alabama · Mon, Oct 21
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2003
Feeder Cattle receipts
443 head
▼ 34 vs last sale 477▲ 443 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
31 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 43▲ 31 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
23 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 20▲ 23 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 lower. Feeder cattle sold mostly steady. Trade active with light demand on lightweight calves, moderate demand on yearling calves. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $107.85/cwt on 27 head.
Average price
$107.85
27 head · 504 lb average
Value per head Derived
$544
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$57
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$10.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.08
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1497113.445647thin
Medium and Large 2510106.6254416thin
Medium and Large 3493103.005074thin
One grade step is worth $10.44/cwt here — about $57 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale27 hd
107.85
—
AL average16 barns · 1,832 hd
111.93
−4.08
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,69865.001,1042thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,19141.8949913
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02040.004081thin

Every lot

37 lots · USDA AMS · Ashville Stockyard - Ashville, AL
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2581131.00/cwt131.00–131.007614
Steers—Medium and Large 2605119.00/cwt119.00–119.007201
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added733136.00/cwt136.00–136.0099721
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3400110.00/cwt110.00–110.004401
Heifers—Medium and Large 1415119.01/cwt118.00–120.004942
Heifers—Medium and Large 2431113.49/cwt113.00–115.004894
Heifers—Medium and Large 2466111.73/cwt110.00–113.005214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468117.03/cwt116.00–118.005482
Heifers—Medium and Large 3480106.00/cwt106.00–106.005091
Heifers—Medium and Large 1505113.00/cwt113.00–113.005711
Heifers—Medium and Large 3515100.00/cwt100.00–100.005151
Heifers—Medium and Large 2527106.04/cwt102.00–109.005593
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565108.00/cwt108.00–108.006101
Heifers—Medium and Large 2575100.98/cwt98.00–105.005813
Heifers—Medium and Large 357596.00/cwt96.00–96.005521
Heifers—Medium and Large 263592.00/cwt92.00–92.005842
Heifers—Medium and Large 1645101.00/cwt101.00–101.006511
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3415118.00/cwt118.00–118.004901
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430123.99/cwt123.00–125.005333
Bulls—Medium and Large 1440130.00/cwt130.00–130.005721
Bulls—Medium and Large 1458128.48/cwt127.00–130.005882
Bulls—Medium and Large 2470121.67/cwt120.00–123.005723
Bulls—Medium and Large 3480114.00/cwt114.00–114.005471
Bulls—Medium and Large 1520122.00/cwt122.00–122.006341
Bulls—Medium and Large 2520116.49/cwt115.00–118.006062
Bulls—Medium and Large 3545109.00/cwt109.00–109.005941
Bulls—Medium and Large 2555113.52/cwt111.00–116.006302
Bulls—Medium and Large 1610108.00/cwt108.00–108.006591
Bulls—Medium and Large 2624102.24/cwt101.00–104.006384
Bulls—Medium and Large 267096.99/cwt96.00–98.006503
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,69865.00/cwt65.00–65.001,1042
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02040.00/cwt40.00–40.004081
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,04338.29/cwt38.00–39.003993
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23542.97/cwt40.00–45.0053110
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,050750.00/cwt750.00–750.007,8751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,150740.00/cwt740.00–740.008,5101
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,188820.00/cwt810.00–830.009,7422

This sale against other markets

Alabama weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Alabama auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.